biswail

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === biswel, piswail, piswel === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Welsh bisweil. Alternative forms piswail and piswel suggest influence by piso (“to piss”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪswai̯l/ === Noun === biswail (plural, singular bisweilen f) dung, cowpats Synonyms: gleuad, tom, tail ==== Derived terms ==== cleddyf biswail (“milt, spleen”) maer biswail (“a kind of steward”) (derogatory) plant Alis y biswail (“English people”, literally “children of Alice [daughter of Hengist] of the cowpats”) rhaw fiswail (“dung-shovel; menial servant”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “biswail”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies